Xymon NetApp.pl Fails to load CPU Data
list Jamison Maxwell
I've been running netapp.pl for the last couple of months, but all of the sudden I've had nothing but trouble with the CPU test. At first, it was failing to retrieve CPU data and turning yellow with no real explanation that I could find for why it was failing. Now, I've added the data tag to the bbcpucolumn in netapp.ini and it's staying purple. This would make sense if it was actually failing to return the data, however, it appears that it is in fact retrieving it correctly. I get these two log entries when I grep for cpu: Wed Nov 6 11:05:06 2013:DEBUG: TEST=cpu, TYPE=data, EVENT=cpu, SENDTYPE=2, TESTLIVE=Server Default, SUMREPTIME=0 Wed Nov 6 11:05:06 2013:DEBUG: BBDISPLAY: $XYMONSERVER, hostname: $FILERNAME, type: data, event: cpu, time: 00:00:01, color=green Now, to my untrained eyes it appears that it's trying to send a green status to Xymon, which is further backed up by having no holes in my RRD graph. I would really appreciate any suggestions for how to proceed as I am at a loss. Jamison Maxwell user-87d336c3dce6@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-87d336c3dce6@xymon.invalid>
list Jeremy Laidman
Yes, it's sending a data message with the word "green" in it. A "data" message doesn't update the status/colour of a column, which would explain why you're getting a purple. Only a "status" message can update the colour of a column. J
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On 7 November 2013 04:24, Jamison Maxwell <user-87d336c3dce6@xymon.invalid> wrote:
I've been running netapp.pl for the last couple of months, but all of the sudden I've had nothing but trouble with the CPU test. At first, it was failing to retrieve CPU data and turning yellow with no real explanation that I could find for why it was failing. Now, I've added the *data* tag to the bbcpucolumn in netapp.ini and it's staying purple. This would make sense if it was actually failing to return the data, however, it appears that it is in fact retrieving it correctly. I get these two log entries when I grep for cpu: Wed Nov 6 11:05:06 2013:DEBUG: TEST=cpu, TYPE=data, EVENT=cpu, SENDTYPE=2, TESTLIVE=Server Default, SUMREPTIME=0 Wed Nov 6 11:05:06 2013:DEBUG: BBDISPLAY: $XYMONSERVER, hostname: $FILERNAME, type: data, event: cpu, time: 00:00:01, color=green Now, to my untrained eyes it appears that it's trying to send a green status to Xymon, which is further backed up by having no holes in my RRD graph. I would really appreciate any suggestions for how to proceed as I am at a loss. Jamison Maxwell
user-87d336c3dce6@xymon.invalid
list Jamison Maxwell
So, as far is it being purple it was doing exactly what I told it to do. D'oh. I've changed the tag to status and it's turned green, however, I'm very doubtful that it continue to correctly return the status of the test. I'll see if I can get the log entries from the next time it goes yellow for unreturned status. Thanks, Jamison Maxwell user-87d336c3dce6@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-87d336c3dce6@xymon.invalid>
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From: Jeremy Laidman [user-71895fb2e44c@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2013 6:27 PM
To: Jamison Maxwell
Cc: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Xymon NetApp.pl Fails to load CPU Data
Yes, it's sending a data message with the word "green" in it. A "data" message doesn't update the status/colour of a column, which would explain why you're getting a purple. Only a "status" message can update the colour of a column.
J
On 7 November 2013 04:24, Jamison Maxwell <user-87d336c3dce6@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-87d336c3dce6@xymon.invalid>> wrote:
I've been running netapp.pl<http://netapp.pl>; for the last couple of months, but all of the sudden I've had nothing but trouble with the CPU test. At first, it was failing to retrieve CPU data and turning yellow with no real explanation that I could find for why it was failing. Now, I've added the data tag to the bbcpucolumn in netapp.ini and it's staying purple. This would make sense if it was actually failing to return the data, however, it appears that it is in fact retrieving it correctly. I get these two log entries when I grep for cpu:
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Wed Nov 6 11:05:06 2013:DEBUG: TEST=cpu, TYPE=data, EVENT=cpu, SENDTYPE=2, TESTLIVE=Server Default, SUMREPTIME=0
Wed Nov 6 11:05:06 2013:DEBUG: BBDISPLAY: $XYMONSERVER, hostname: $FILERNAME, type: data, event: cpu, time: 00:00:01, color=green
Now, to my untrained eyes it appears that it's trying to send a green status to Xymon, which is further backed up by having no holes in my RRD graph. I would really appreciate any suggestions for how to proceed as I am at a loss.
Jamison Maxwell
user-87d336c3dce6@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-87d336c3dce6@xymon.invalid>
list Jeremy Laidman
If the yellows are brief (<=5m), you could use delayyellow to suppress the colour change for a short time, giving it a chance to come good again. J
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On 8 November 2013 03:05, Jamison Maxwell <user-87d336c3dce6@xymon.invalid> wrote:
So, as far is it being purple it was doing exactly what I told it to do. D'oh. I've changed the tag to status and it's turned green, however, I'm very doubtful that it continue to correctly return the status of the test. I'll see if I can get the log entries from the next time it goes yellow for unreturned status. Thanks, Jamison Maxwell
user-87d336c3dce6@xymon.invalid
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*From:* Jeremy Laidman [user-71895fb2e44c@xymon.invalid] *Sent:* Wednesday, November 06, 2013 6:27 PM *To:* Jamison Maxwell *Cc:* xymon at xymon.com *Subject:* Re: [Xymon] Xymon NetApp.pl Fails to load CPU Data Yes, it's sending a data message with the word "green" in it. A "data" message doesn't update the status/colour of a column, which would explain why you're getting a purple. Only a "status" message can update the colour of a column. J On 7 November 2013 04:24, Jamison Maxwell <user-87d336c3dce6@xymon.invalid> wrote:I've been running netapp.pl for the last couple of months, but all of the sudden I've had nothing but trouble with the CPU test. At first, it was failing to retrieve CPU data and turning yellow with no real explanation that I could find for why it was failing. Now, I've added the *data* tag to the bbcpucolumn in netapp.ini and it's staying purple. This would make sense if it was actually failing to return the data, however, it appears that it is in fact retrieving it correctly. I get these two log entries when I grep for cpu: Wed Nov 6 11:05:06 2013:DEBUG: TEST=cpu, TYPE=data, EVENT=cpu, SENDTYPE=2, TESTLIVE=Server Default, SUMREPTIME=0 Wed Nov 6 11:05:06 2013:DEBUG: BBDISPLAY: $XYMONSERVER, hostname: $FILERNAME, type: data, event: cpu, time: 00:00:01, color=green Now, to my untrained eyes it appears that it's trying to send a green status to Xymon, which is further backed up by having no holes in my RRD graph. I would really appreciate any suggestions for how to proceed as I am at a loss. Jamison Maxwell user-87d336c3dce6@xymon.invalid
list Jamison Maxwell
I tried that, but they're not, they'll go yellow for an hours...
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Jamison Maxwell user-87d336c3dce6@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-87d336c3dce6@xymon.invalid> From: Jeremy Laidman [mailto:user-71895fb2e44c@xymon.invalid] Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2013 5:41 PM To: Jamison Maxwell Cc: xymon at xymon.com Subject: Re: [Xymon] Xymon NetApp.pl Fails to load CPU Data If the yellows are brief (<=5m), you could use delayyellow to suppress the colour change for a short time, giving it a chance to come good again. J On 8 November 2013 03:05, Jamison Maxwell <user-87d336c3dce6@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-87d336c3dce6@xymon.invalid>> wrote: So, as far is it being purple it was doing exactly what I told it to do. D'oh. I've changed the tag to status and it's turned green, however, I'm very doubtful that it continue to correctly return the status of the test. I'll see if I can get the log entries from the next time it goes yellow for unreturned status. Thanks, Jamison Maxwell user-87d336c3dce6@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-87d336c3dce6@xymon.invalid> From: Jeremy Laidman [user-71895fb2e44c@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-71895fb2e44c@xymon.invalid>] Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2013 6:27 PM To: Jamison Maxwell Cc: xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com> Subject: Re: [Xymon] Xymon NetApp.pl Fails to load CPU Data Yes, it's sending a data message with the word "green" in it. A "data" message doesn't update the status/colour of a column, which would explain why you're getting a purple. Only a "status" message can update the colour of a column. J On 7 November 2013 04:24, Jamison Maxwell <user-87d336c3dce6@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-87d336c3dce6@xymon.invalid>> wrote: I've been running netapp.pl<http://netapp.pl>; for the last couple of months, but all of the sudden I've had nothing but trouble with the CPU test. At first, it was failing to retrieve CPU data and turning yellow with no real explanation that I could find for why it was failing. Now, I've added the data tag to the bbcpucolumn in netapp.ini and it's staying purple. This would make sense if it was actually failing to return the data, however, it appears that it is in fact retrieving it correctly. I get these two log entries when I grep for cpu: Wed Nov 6 11:05:06 2013:DEBUG: TEST=cpu, TYPE=data, EVENT=cpu, SENDTYPE=2, TESTLIVE=Server Default, SUMREPTIME=0 Wed Nov 6 11:05:06 2013:DEBUG: BBDISPLAY: $XYMONSERVER, hostname: $FILERNAME, type: data, event: cpu, time: 00:00:01, color=green Now, to my untrained eyes it appears that it's trying to send a green status to Xymon, which is further backed up by having no holes in my RRD graph. I would really appreciate any suggestions for how to proceed as I am at a loss. Jamison Maxwell user-87d336c3dce6@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-87d336c3dce6@xymon.invalid>